FestivalGazette

North Central Florida · Week of Oct 11

Fall in North Central Florida opens this weekend on the water and on stage, with the Cedar Key Seafood Festival downtown on Saturday and Sunday and Dance Alive’s Tom Petty ballet at the Phillips Center on Friday.

The Must See is the 72nd Florida Gateway Fair and Livestock Show, October 30 through November 8, at the Florida Gateway Fairgrounds in Lake City. The other Editor’s picks are the 55th Cedar Key Seafood Festival in downtown Cedar Key, October 17 and October 18, Suwannee Hulaween 2026 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, October 22 through October 25, Tom Petty Weekend at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville, November 13 through November 15, and the 45th Downtown Festival and Art Show in downtown Gainesville, November 14 and November 15.

From there the list runs through the Phillips Center concerts and dance nights, The Fest downtown, haunted hayrides and pumpkin patch screams, and trick-or-treat nights still on the page.

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